About us

Schola pugnatoria is a group of historical European martial arts enthusiasts from Celje (Schola pugnatoria Celeiana) and Maribor (Schola pugnatoria Marpurgensis) primarily dedicated to the study, reconstruction and training of the original Middle European fighting system known as Kunst des fechtens based on the teachings of Johannes Liechtenauer, the German grand master of the second half of the 14th century.

Our study is based on various sources – facsimiles and transcriptions of the original 15th century manuscripts, such as texts of Sigmund Ringeck, Peter von Danzig, Hans Talhoffer, Paul Kal and Baumann’s or Wallerstein codex, as well as translations and modern interpretations of ancient fighting techniques and skills. We also share and make good use of experiences and findings of other members of the international HEMA community.

However, our main interest is training and interpreting the written or drawn techniques of the old masters through practical drills. At this moment, our main focus is wrestling, dagger and longsword fighting ( both armoured and unarmoured).

Schola pugnatoria Celeiana is one of the hosts of the major Slovenian HEMA event HEMA Celje which takes place in Celje every third weekend in September and is organised by the HEMA Federation of Slovenia. Schola pugnatoria is also one of the founding members of HEMAFS.

Articles

Saturday, 12th September 2015 10.00 – 17.00 OŠ Frana Roša, Cesta na Dobrovo 114, Celje A HEMA fencer’s life usually consists of a few developmental stages. In the beginning, there is a motivation. We want to fence, for whatever reason. Then we discover the amazing and vast world of historical sources. We fall in love […]

Published by Gorazd. Greetings fellow sword fighters! It has been a great pleasure to be able to attend the IRS 2015 which took place in Dublin, Ireland this year (it was held in Netherlands last year). As I don’t own any 17th century replicas of arms or armour yet I was very fortunate to have […]